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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTION
SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1872-1949)
Watches and Freesias
Details
SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1872-1949)
Watches and Freesias
signed and dated ‘Nicholson 1915’ (lower left)
oil on panel
11 ¾ x 13 5⁄8 in. (29.9 x 34.6 cm.)
Painted in 1915.
Watches and Freesias
signed and dated ‘Nicholson 1915’ (lower left)
oil on panel
11 ¾ x 13 5⁄8 in. (29.9 x 34.6 cm.)
Painted in 1915.
Provenance
William Marchant, London.
His sale; Christie’s, London, 28 January 1927, lot 126, as ‘Flowers, Vases and Watches’, where purchased by ‘Munser’.
Miss Ailsie Lazarus, London, probably purchased at the 1927 exhibition.
Lady Slade.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 23 June 1994, lot 70, where purchased by the present owner.
His sale; Christie’s, London, 28 January 1927, lot 126, as ‘Flowers, Vases and Watches’, where purchased by ‘Munser’.
Miss Ailsie Lazarus, London, probably purchased at the 1927 exhibition.
Lady Slade.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 23 June 1994, lot 70, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
L. Browse, William Nicholson, London, 1956, p. 73, no. 248.
P. Reed, William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2011, p. 290, no. 339, illustrated.
P. Reed, William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2011, p. 290, no. 339, illustrated.
Exhibited
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, 49th Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art, September - December 1921, no. 955, as 'The Watches'.
London, Beaux Arts Gallery, Pictures and Drawings by William Nicholson, June - July 1927, no. 51, as 'Watches'.
Nottingham, Museum and Art Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by William Nicholson, March - April 1933, no. 29, as ‘Watches and Freesias in a Vase’: this exhibition travelled to London, Beaux Arts Gallery, May - June 1933, no. 16.
London, Beaux Arts Gallery, Pictures and Drawings by William Nicholson, June - July 1927, no. 51, as 'Watches'.
Nottingham, Museum and Art Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by William Nicholson, March - April 1933, no. 29, as ‘Watches and Freesias in a Vase’: this exhibition travelled to London, Beaux Arts Gallery, May - June 1933, no. 16.
Further Details
We are very grateful to Patricia Reed for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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Pippa Jacomb
Head of Evening Sale